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BANNER-WATCHMAN.
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| -BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THECITY.
llgg cholera is reported.
Road working has commenced.
In 1900 It I* expected our people wit
number M,000,000.
Butts county ban adopted no fence
by a majority of 79.
Tbiere aw 107,000 miles of railway
in the United slates.
A great deal of counterfeit silver
coin is iu circulation.
There is a white woman in Athens
nursing a negro child.
We constantly read of children dy
ing from eating potash.
The walls on the new store on Clay
ton street are goiug up.
There are fleeting clouds and a few
drops of rain every day.
DwW. M. Willingham has a dog
that is fifteen years old.
The Gang starts on the excursion to
North Carolina this week.
Our grass farmers wjll harvest a
second crop of hay this year.
,TUe telephone posts cost about $3.50
npiece laid down in Athens.
Caterpillar* have appeared ■ in the
c-otton in counties below us.
Good butter and eggs are scarce ar
ticles iu the Athens market.
A gentleman in Athens is preparing
to put up public bath houses.
That water-works proposition “is
uot dead, hut ouiy sleepeth.”
They are now blasting oil blocks of
rock ten and fifteen feet thick.
We have a paper that will clinch
that Ratm u letter on Bradford.
Tiie Kabuli letter proved a regular
boomerang in the .Speer camp.
The steam drill cuts a 12-foot hole
through hard rock in two hours.
The man who snores may be practi
cally utilised as a burglar alarm.
A sunflower farm will be started
near Athens, to raise seed for oil.
Dr. Jones' famous experimental
farm i* ia»t going to dilapidation.
Twenty victims or the toy pistol
are dying of lock-jaw in Chicago.
Mr. Homer Nicholson wears a 25
cent gold pieee on hi* watch chain.
They
Athelli
Discontinued.—The post office a
Fry, Habersham county, has been dia-
eontinuee. __ The mail intended for it
goes to Soc<|Ue.
Flowing Cotton.—The iate
.1
nuns
brought gras* and packed the land, and
fanners are again at work plowing their
cotton. The crop is making just as fast
it can, and the outlook is bright indeed
Rt.jikdy tor Hoc. Cholera.—Take
equal parts of kerosene oil and lard and
mix well together and drench with it,
and also mop out the throat with the
same. Use a soft lag and stick for a
mop. ,
New Railroads.—The Gainesville
and Dahlonega road will be completed
by 1st of December. It U to he twenty-
live miles long.
The new road to Macon is rnnnlng
daily trains and enjoying a good eas
tern.
Settled.—Not a great while ago a duel
was ou tapis in Wiuterville, between
two well-known gentlemen, and the
parties had prepared for business; but
happily friends intervened and the mat
ter was honorably settled without blood
shed. It was kept very quiet, and
known only to a few parties.
A Licensed Still.—Mr. Ben S
Thompson has started up the only li
censed still in Oconee county, and is
making some of the finest kind of
brandy uut of dried {teaches, that
could readily pass for several years
old. He will make up the fruit crop,
also, before he winds up.
The Far per Farm.—Mr. John R.
Tuck, the faithful superiutandent ai the
pauper farm, is only paid $1 per day for
his services, and the grand jury has
pointedly refused to advance his salary.
We learn that Mr. Tuck will resign next
winter and return to his farm.'ashe can
not live on such low wages. Mr. Tuck
is richly worth $600 a year to the county,
and it will be a sad mistake if he is per
mitted to resign. We will never find
bis equal.
Amusing.—For a few nights past
bringing watermelons to i several young ladies and gentlemen of
from a distance of 20 miles. | this city have been amusing them-
TRADE NOTES
wtih Sundry Local IUbm, ZacobI*
Bear is mind that Love A Co. keep only the
best and purest liquors t their bar.
Cospost,able beds and u first-class attention
can be had at R. H. Lampkin’a. Loot forget
The only place in the city you can get the fa-
Boux Maxcy x sweetmash whisky is Lampkin’a.
R. H. Lampkim keeps the finest bar-room In
the city and the purest and best liquors.
The only ten-pin alley in the city and the best
billiard and pool tables at Lampkin’a saiom,
I r you want to be treated like a Lord patron
age the popular saloon of R. H. Lampkin.
Love A Co., wholesale aud retail liquor deal-
ers. Bru«ad street, Athens, tia. Remember.
Ip you want the best cigars •old in the city,
buy of Lowe a Co. Try ".Punch and Judy.”
The best keg and bottled beer, porter ale, etc*
Ml ways fresh at the bar of Lowe A Co.
Gum spexmo is the best brand of rye whisky
ajxd in Athens, although the Family Kectar is
hard to eclipse. Only lound u Lowe * Go’s.
Lowe A Co. can and will duplicate. If not un
dersell, any bill of liquors sold in Georgia at
wholesale. A trial is aU they ask.
ou a irxeuds from the country can get the best
and cnenpcsl bottled Uquon 01 Lowe A Co’a.
Ota country corn wkislqr baa a reputation
UuMigluiui ui« sooth. Try a qoan or saltan.
Eos uic mini li» ported wines, brandies oihI
liquur. ut Ail Iliads at Lows A Co’*.
Low* a w A cigus sis tbs best in the city.
No disonler.tonacteaor loafsa are tolaretort
Around uic Lord .Lows A Co. Wo keep there
w aisRisa ot the old Kcwtoot y style ore Mood
ily mcRuint in invar with moo* people who
seek absolute parity combined with that fruity
and me Low Sovorto be found only in the *en-
uine produet of ’ Old Kalmuck " Barpa-, Stir
turn Count, Whitt, is and bos been for years be
fore the public »nd hex es well merited a repu
tation in iu own State as it possesses abroad.
Sold only by J. H.D. Beusse, Athens, Ga.
Boiko your job’printing, binding book work
etc., to ulwAp oric*. Iflpslm ari
music bounA Blank books nods. Holing
haii<l*amelxXjB9,dafjegaqpaSUp*lnpri
i of work from any quarter. "
ces aud claaae
Pike’s Toothache Drops core in one
miuute. 39
Hadaway has the best and latest styles
of harness to be found anywhere south
of the Mason and Ihxon line.
Military Reunion.—It was our
good fortune to be present at the annu
al reunion of the Oglethorpe Rifles at
Maxeys last Friday. It was a grand
affair, and one of those splendid din
ners spread that our friends down the
country know so well how to prepare.
Judge E. H. Pottle delivered a fine
address, and everything passed off in
the happiest manner.
The Code of Georgia.—State Li
brarian Haralson says that he is re
ceiving hundreds of letters from ordi
naries and clerks over the state inqui
ring about the new code. He says
that it will be out in about six weeks
if nothing happens to prevent. The
printers are now waiting for the in
dex .—CoustUuiiun.
The castor oil plant is said to be selves with tieiug a black cravat to a !
sure death to flies and mosquito es. string, aud placing it on the sidewalk
Our vouug men ought to order out i*"** 10 represent a snake, and as a j
some boat* and start a regatta club. person passes along they slowly pull j
(> ur young friend Fred Hodgson 1 the stri, ‘K a,ld Ule cravat lo
was in o'ue of the late Indian fights. j move. It has been the cause of a
The continuous rains are said to be ! K reat dea ‘ ® f merriment, and a big
caused by blasting at the extension. J amount of scare.
There ure a right good sprinkling of j
infidels and universalists In Athens, j
t'apt. R. H. Barnett is trying the (
exjsriinent of raising carp In ditches.
Those who know say the proper pro
nunciation of “Khedive” Is h. D. V.
Tom Hardeman's nomination is an
overwhelming victory for draw poker.
John Gillelaiid says he has sold
ulsiut 2,Out) watermelons this summer.
There is plenty of corn in this coun
ty tiiat will make fifty bushels to the
aerm
It is said that quinine can be manu
factured out of bed-bugs and mosqui-
toes*.
It lias !>een discovered by scientists
tiiat tiie equator is gradually moving
north.
AllautA has eight railroads now in
operation, and still her people cry for
more.
It is said that syrup is the wosrtaduA
terated article 01 food put upon the
market.
Athens sells wagons and buggies
from 10 to 20 per ceut. cheaper than
Atlanta.
One firm in Athens sells over a mil
lion »ml a halt dollars worth of goods
a year.
We hear of some complaints of
•'black rust’’ in cotton; caused by wet
weather.
The granger* still hold together in
Mailisou county, but the order is near
ly extinct.
An aged lady of Walker county
claims to possess an infallible remedy
for cancer.
They say Hr. Goldberg has refused
to eat but little since his wife com
mitted suicide.
Our dealers make only from $2 to
$5 on the western buggies and wag
ons they sell.
Mr. A. W. Wilkins, of Crawford, t
hringinga great many fine beeves and
sheep to market.
The distinctive feature of the new
five do'lur note will be the portrait of
(telle:: 1 .aifitld.
Mr. K. H. Lanipkin, we learn, has
gone to Alaliama, with a view of open
ing business there.
There an’ four carp {Hinds in Ogle
thorpe county—Barnett’s, Willing-
man's. Durham's aud Lester’s.
Black well’s Durham smoking to
bacco ha- degenerated into a poor
grade of rotteu leaves.
Rev. Sam Jones is accused of telling
the same old cirvurio-religio jokes
wherevur he preaches.
Dr. Darker, of South Carolina, rais
ed 2U0 bushels of corn on an acre; and
utLAlaiianiian made l'
JT'groat many persons front down
UreAthens branch will visit Tallulah
ou the Fioueer excursion.
The steam drill at the extension
isn’t run to tiie extent of its capacity
for want of steam pow er.
Mr. Bill Jones, |wbo farms on the
Lexington read, thinks his corn crop
will make 50 bushels per acre.
•Our popular colored barber, George
Davis, is again at his post. George
lias few equals with the razor.
Henry Ward Beecher believes in fu
ture punishment, but ultimate peace
and happiness for the souls of all.
We regret to learn of the continued
iTlhess of Mr. Willi* Williford, but
trust he will soon be at his post again.
We tsars that Mr. Edward Bancroft,
of tilts county, raised 709 bushels of
Irish potatoes to the ace* and also
three bales ol cotton.
I*men£>*r, that when you cast a
Ms-called Independent ballot you vote
tor the political supremacy or the ne
gro race over the whites.
Mr. George Ware, of Atheus, was
pursued for eight miles thtough the
now by moonshiners.
Tiie superstitious negroes of Mil-
... ~ -- J - * yet con-
een hung.
Tiie advertisement for a man to su
perinwnd a farm, inserted in aur pa
per. has been auswered by nearly one
uuudred applicants.
Beats Them All.—A _
made byBramblett A Bro. at Forsyth,
show* Jfcat Cherry’s Fruit Evaporator
will twice the work of any ia the mar
ket. Write to McBride A Co., who will
ive proof.
F am imlnuat 2>r. Wllmnr Brin ton. M. D., Balti
more.
“I have used Colden’s Liebig’s Ex
tract pf Beef aud Tonic Invigorator in
uty practice, and have been much grati
fied with the result. As a tonic in all
cases of debility, weakness, anemia,
chlorosis, etc., it cannot be surpassed.”
Take noother. Of druggists.
Ajrent* can now grasp a fortune. Outfit worth
IU »rnt free. For full particular* addre** £. M.
Kidrout A Co., IU Barclay N. Y.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION Wclarke county-
A
HON.
* Mind persons
6 daaf aud dumb 1
6 Lunatics 3
17Epilepdsa •
«Idiots
as Maris dare trial
LIS of them white
s,»ts children ‘
umi IS Deal
H. H- CARLTON’S CANDIDACY.
tan Accept* the De
woolen or other mani
* foundries, etc
bold and kitchen furnitnr*
ftilver plate aud jewelry,
mules, boo, »beep. rattle
Plantation and mechanical tools, law
Gotten, com. an. crop* and provision* Acid
Table of all other property not beloea tm—
of defaulters not double
Aggregate Thine a^^ole pruprnr - —
Th* inrresaoaawsesi, on digest.. .
To which abd *J*t ltt- the amount wiridrawu from the baud* of Thomas
chilsirn of B. A Dunbar, to aveid the high .....
the county far US, to-wit:
isrke county, aid wetnrs*
3C3 seres oflsnd lost this year The increase aud decreaue of acres of land are
caused by the purchasing ai lain by oottBn and woolen manufacturing companies.
By the buying and selling of land by private individuals on the county lines, aLd
by an act approved Sept. 29th, 1981, where any plantation Is divided by a county
line or lines and said roenty line or Hue shall not be definitely known and dis
tinctly marked, said plantation shall be returned for taxation by the owners in
any d? the counties in which a a part of said plantation may He, which the owner
It will be well for the authorities of Clarke county to guard against those high* wa * ^
rates of taxation, for if they continue to grow, it will run thousands of acres of have a ahowtag, lotving^ UM ^utqt
land now in Clarke county and on tiie tax digest off and on the books of other re- " * ’
ceivers of our adjoining counties. Mark my prediction if the above act remains in
force.
The expected lew of two hundred per cent, came very near having a disastrous"
effect this year on the digest, if vet made, it will run from three to five thousand
acres of laud off the digest of Clarke couuty next year. Respectfully submitted,
PANTO E. SIMS.
Pond Broke.—The carp {Hind of
Mr. A. 8. Dorsey was broken this
week by the heavy rains, aud his fish
escaped, but he succeeded in capturing
the most of them. Dr. Kinttebrew
had just placed fifty young carp in a
box to preserve them until he could
prepare his pond, when the rain wash
ed them out. We hear of a number
of accidents to carp ponds in this sec
tion, caused by high waters.
Hadaway repairs trunks and valises,
so they look as gwd as when new.
Snake Story.—Awhile since a ne
gro man below Athens was playing
with a little green grass snake, when
the reptile bit him on the breast, from
the effects of which he died in a few
moments.
A New Railroad.—The Carnes-
ville railroad will assuredly be built.
The {icople arc paying in rheir sub
scriptions. The first in.ilallment
called for by the directors iias all
been paid iu, ex<-ept four hundred and
forty dollars. Now let Athens build
a line through Dauielsvilte to Carnes-
ville, and she will have direct connec-
tionwith both Elberton aud Hartwell.
A Treat.—We return thanks to Mr. |
AlIenR. Johnson for a delicious water
melon sent, to this office yesterday.
A Candidate.—We see that the At
lanta Defiance has has hoisted the name
oi W. A. Pledger as the republican can
didate for congress from the state at
large. The same paper also floats L. J.
Gartrell for Governor.
A Custom.—It is a custom among
the Jews to not allow any bells in
their houses of worship,^ Since watch
es aud clocks have come Into general
use we think bells an nnnecessaiy
custom that it wo ild be well for oar
Christian denominations to abolish.
Carry your harness to T. G. Hadaway
and have them washed and nicely oiled-
They will look like new goods.
A Sad Sight.—It is indeed a touch
ing sight to see Mr. Goldberg leading
his little motherless baby around by
the hand. The little child stays with
him all day in his shop, playing
around by itseif, and toddles ou home
beside him at night. If there was
ever a heart-broken man this is one.
His face wears a look of misery that
Grown Boll.—Mr. Whit Frierson, j eaunot be disguised. Our Jewish cit-
a young farmer of this county, yester- j izeus seem very kind to this bereaved
day handed us a full-grown cotton family,
boll, and states that there are ten
more of the same size on one stalk. I
He reports cotton very fine in his sec
tion, and corn is simply manificeut.
A Large Peach.—Judge A.
A Patent Wheel.—Mr. Joe Fleming
yesterday thowed us a buggy wheel, in
vented by Mr. J. F. Darby, of Walton
couuty, in which he has a half interest,
thStlH undoubtedly the best invention of
a century. Tbe spokes are dove-tailed
together, with a east iron huh to be at
tached afterwards, and that screwed up
so tiiat it is a matter impossible for any
thing to come loose. Mr. Hub. Fleming
is now in Philadelphia looking after the
patent, and when this is secured a big
fortune undoubtedly awaits both owners
of ihe invention.
Barbecue.—Quite a nice little bar
becue was had by the neighbors at
Mrs. King’s on Friday. Every oue
p. | present seemed to etijoy themselves
Cobb of Oconee, sent us a peach, of the i very much. Among the ladies pres-
"Chinese Cling” variety, that meas- ent, we noticed the Missss Hundley,
med 12 inches in circumference, and of Warrenton, Miss-Stapler, of At-
L . .. . . . . 1 a_ a Da »Vwa
was of delightful flavor.
pKricHrs Advanced—Eastern freights
have advanced five cents per hundred,
and our merchants are “ as mad as a
wet hen.” Wait until Mr. Speer ren
ders Panther creek navigable, and then
we will be independent of railroads.
Madison Pouncs.—Owiug to tiie ill
health of his wife Hon. Jones Meadow
has withdrawn from the senatorial race
in the 30th district, and Dr. B. M.
Thompson i* announced in his place.
Mr. J. Bee Eberhart is the opposing can
didate. An effort was made to get I>.
tv. Meadow, Esq., to enter the race, but
he declined. A convention of the three
counties will be held at the Glade on the
16th of August, to decide the nominee.
Rope Walking.—Mr. Halwick
Jennings yesterday received a proposi
tion td walk a rope stretched across the
grand-cliasm at Tallulah, and for $500
BS proposes to attempt the dangerous
feat. It will eclipse any rope-walking
that the famous Blondin everattempt-
efi by over a thousand feet. Mr. Jen-
kifigs gays with a week’s practice he
is not afraid to resume the business’
Biggest Irish Potato.—We yes
terday saw an Irish potato of the Peer
less variety, raised by Capt. J. N.
Montgomery, w hich weighed one and
three-quarter pounds net. Capt.
Montgomery who has just returned
from iiis Madison plantation, reports
the most flattering prospect for a large
corn crop than there has been fog Ja
number of years. Cotton is two weeks
later than last year.
Go to Hadaway’s, before it is too late,
for the boss harness oil.
led -. ville. Georgia, are not _
viuced that Guiteau has been
Mr. John Bird is having his resi
dence ou Huucock avenue neatly re
painted. Judging frem cploto (he ar
tist is usiug. John believes in decora
tive art.
Steam Rih-k Drill.—We yesterday saw
the Ingersoll drill, w hich is now being
used by Messrs. Rice & Coleman on tiie
Georgia extension. Tiie machine is be
ing run by Mr. Tat Gillespie who, tired
of fighting gnats in the dry goods busi
ness, has taken hold of a business tiiat
knows no leisure. As a drill 1st iie is a
success. He yesterday drilled twenty-
six inches into a rock in twelve minutes.
With a larger engine, which they lridly
need, this drill win very much hasten
the completion^)!' this difficult job '
Joe Thurmond
Weir tells us that
what he considers astbanl
(loo that JoeThurWfoad isgat
but his exset locality la not "
Mr. Weir believes the prevalent!
of Thurmond being sdll'to J:
county is altogether false, as fhe irflfti
lias too many enemies there tf tarry-
in their midst without being exposed
A move is now on foot to get Joe par
doned by the Governor, so that he
can return home.
A New Cure for Conscrptios.—
\L
A prominent citizen of Gcneseo has
Hon. Emory Kpeer ia out in a card been prolonging his own life at the
in the Augusta Chronicle denying
that iris father voluntary itilmia
hi* profeasoreMri tn tbe 6tateXlUYer-
sity.
A certain hank iu Athens paid a par
ty $500 too much R while back, but tbe
money was returned as soon as '
mistake was discovered.
Our faramrai
the
Athens for just half of
cost them In Augusta, aad
just as goods market.
In the United Statee Circuit
at Boston a decision was rendered set
ting aside tbe verdict tmtlss tame of a
man MnTlrttdiifBSMlinMis^gmuri
which holes had been drilled.
“We heard a gentleman remark on
the street yesterday that In leas than
aklrihath tna Macow Tslegrsph would
bs flying Felton and Gartrell at its
mast-head.” That laudatory Felton
- “special dispatch” looks that way.
expense of tbe canine creation. Some
two or three years ago the gentleman
in qoestlon. wrim sans pronounced by
an ad
stage of consumption, began the
of taking his pet dog to bed with
Tbe dog soon exhibited u
signs of lung difficulty; eougberi al-
they canjpuva#i|ireat$fehandled iu nteatconstantly,andfinaBxdteiT’nie
gentleman procured another dog, an
step* with him fcr'afiwiwpwhh
animal also fella victim tothf dis
ease. Another dog was procured with
which the man now sleep* and
though the third animal will proba
bly die the same way the others did,
tne man is constantly improving and
is better than before In yean. He Is
a well-known business man of-Geo-
eseo, and we would give his name if
.—linMM Gozttu.
lanta, Miss Annie Barnard ’and the
Misses Beusse, of Athens.' After the
feast, the young people repaired to the
residence of Mr. n. A. AVeatnerly,
who kindly offered the use of his par
lors, and passed the afternoon in dan
cing. About six o’clock (he crowd dis
persed, every one delighted with the
day’s eutertaimnenC'-
At Hadaway’s you can find the best
assortment of whips, fancy dog collars,
trunk straps and the boss harness oil.
Cotton’s Damgkk.—Six weeks ago the
crop looked hopeless, and farmers were
greatly discouraged, tiie cool nights hav
ing had a very deleterious effect. Sum
mer, however, temporarily asserted its
sway, and under the hot sun the mips
commenced to revive rapidly, and its
condition soon became fine, but it is now
destined to a more serious and perhaps a
permanent backset. Tbe rains have been
extraordinary of late, and the effect is
felt. An undergrowth is forming on the
k similar to the water-sucker
9 on corn. This absorb* the
vitality of tiie plant and prevents its
fruiting. The sucker* are foruungon the
stalk in considerable number*, and un
less we have dry weather the crop in
some localities will he a total failure.
The plant can survive a few of these
suckers, but when they become too
numerous it is totally rained.
Recaptured.—Mr. J. S. Fleeuan
arrived on the North-Eastern yester
day with an escaped convict tiiat he
caught in Pickens district, S. C. The
convict was a young white man. who
had been sent to Hon. J. M. Smith’s
chain sgang from Rabun county for
horse stealing, and on laat Wednes
day tie stole a mule from the camp,
which he traded in Franklin county
for a hone and then sold the hone for
a coat and pair of boots.The convict
lost a leg while working at the camp.
( A GOLD Mine.—Col. A. K. Childs,
sRo owns the old Jarrett gold mine
ij^crkxihee valley, is now prepari
ng to develop the same. A ditch
eu m
bring
by fall*. An English company is ne-
gutiatag fbr all the mineral property
in »»«< around the valley, having bar
gained with Capt. Nicbolls for 500
acres at $25,000; bought the Lumaden
ine for $30,000, and other tracts at
The Melon Market.—Watermel
ons continue to roll in, and prices have
got so low that farmers say it doD’t
pay to haul them io. One man was
offering higloai onghe Jtreets yester
day at five cents apiece, and they were
very nice ones, too.
Found a Name.—Our friend Me.
R.T. Pitturd has been kea^kiug.over
a year for a pretty name for bis baby,
but Allied' to find Obe. Yesterday-
while looking over our subscription
book, he discovered the name “ Mis*
Egarah F’orrester,” of .Macon county,
N.C. “ Eureka!” lie exclaimed. “1
shall go right straight home and call
our little pet Egarah!*■ Tbuauui fitir
subscriber has secured) a (sweet little
namesake by patronising |the Banner-
Watchman. » 1 .J L i v )
THE ATHENS AND MADISON RAIL
ROAD-
Meeting Hon. H. H. Carlton upon
the streets yesterday, upon his return
from Oconee court, we asked him
hat he thought of Hon. George T.
Barnes’ letter.
Why,it is one of the most statesmen
like and patriotic papers I ever read,
and is well worthy the noble writer. I
heartily endorse it, as likewise, I feel
sure, does every candidate for congres
sional honors in the field. By that
unselfish, ringing letter George Barnes
does but his noble nature justice, and
shows to tbe world the patriotic devo
tion to democracy that I always knew
beat within his breast- That letter
does him more honor, in my opinion,
than would a seat in the balls of con
gress.” .=
“ What do you think of the nomi
nation of Hardeman, Doctor?”
“ I think it was a most wise and
just tribute from the Democratic party
of Georgia to one of her noblest and
truest eons. There Is no man in the
state who has made greater sacrifices
or labored more earnestly for his par
ty than Tom Hardeman, and I believe
log his nomination will be received with
^ applause from the mountains to the
seaboard. My word for it, he will
make a record of which his state may
well feel proud. He is one of the
best men in tbe South, and is the
soul of honor. > Besides, when the
candidate for Governor was taken
from the eastern section of the state,
to
unques.
tionable fitness of Col. Hardeman for
the position entirely out of the ques
tion. As soon as his nomination was
made known, I at once took steps to
have it declared unanimous. Al
though myself one of the defeated
candidates, I could scarcely resist the
temptation to raise a yell for the nom
inee.
“ You don’t seem to take defeat very
much to heart?”
“Oh.no; I cheerfully accept the
For thr Banntr Watdtmau.
I read with much interest your ar
ticle in Saturday’s issue of your pa
per, in regard to the Griffin, Monti-
cello and Madison railroad. Yon
have struck the “key-note” for Ath- trict in behalf of the nominees,
eus at last. There is no road which
has been built, or is likely to be built
to Athens, which will do our city
much good as the one mentioned, pro- pie of Georgia. Those of my friends
A FORGER CAUGHT.
How Our Amateur Detective Obtained the SIR"
nature of the Author of that Rabun Letter.
Last week our busiuess manager u as
ia Clarkesville getting up testimony
to convict Thomas M. Bradford, the
postmaster, of his authorship of that
Rabun letter. The forgery was shown
to a number of the best citizens in
that county, who unhesitatingly pro
nounced ’’ H. R. Smith" and* T. M.
Bradford- to brione and the same man.
But to make-assurance doubly sure
Mr. Yancey walked into the post-of
fice with his hand tied up iu a hand
kerchief, and approaching the post
master asked if he had any stamped
envelopes for sale. One was instant-
it for him.
“Certainly,” was the reply, “to
what address ? M
“ H. R. Spivey,” was the reply.
It was instantly done, and we have
now in our possession the identical
signature ol. the author of the Rabun
letter. The letters H. R. S. are the
same, and we defy any expert to ex
amine the two signatures and not pro
nounce them to tie penned by the
same man. Bradford writes a very
peculiar, nervous hand, that it is im
possible to counterfeit.
As soon as Mr. Yancey had secured
the initials for which he came he un
wrapped his hand and departed, fol
lowed by the astonished gaze of the
postmaster. Little did the old man
think that by this little freak of accom
modation he was signing a document
that convicted him of the grossest
forgery of tbe name of H. R. Smith.
“WATKINSVILLE” ON, THE WAR
PATH.
In the last issue of the Oconee Moni
tor, a gentleman from Oconee, signing
himself “ Watkinsville,” comes bellow
ing to the front like a mad bull, because
we failed to publish a long-winded com
munication that he had written in reply
to “Reporter.” Now we will inform
the gentleman that not only did “ Re
porter” retract tbe charges he made, but
another writer, in a compact and abridg
ed form, embodying every idea advanced
Kv “ fiUo mniR nohlv
THE TRICKS OF A DEADHEAD-
4 Disoaii-sRoj at ROW fea'UUst&tih&
by “ Watkinsville, fl also came nobly to
the rescue of the Stephens men in Oco
nee. This we published for two rea
sons: 1, It was the first to reach us.
2, It was more compact, and hence bet
ter suited to our limited space. So we
emphatically deny the charge that we
refused to publish a correction, but on
... tf j tiie other hand gave the delei.A* ccrisid-
wtll of the convention, and if neees- \ erable more spaee than the affirmative,
sary, will take the stump in the dis- j t j s true we have a good circulation in
Of
cou|s*tit would have been highly
' " I me to have received such
; of esteem from the peo-
i good
Oconee, for which we are truly grateful
to tiie good people oi that section; bu
we consider tiiat honors are easy, for if
our paper was not worth the price
charged for it. we very much doubt il
, our circulation would be what it is. The
simple fact, however, of a county liber-
and Madison, Morgan county, giving
us via the North-Eastern railroad and
the proposed line, direct connection
aud communication between Knox
ville, Tenn., and the aeabord, both at
Brunswick and Savannah. We ap
prehend no further argument is need
ed to convince our people of the val
ue and importance of this line of rail
road. Now the question arises, can
this connection between Athens and
Madison be made? Certainly U can,
and in this way. The act of the Gen
eral Assembly approved August 20th,
1872, and amended by an act approved
February 21st, 1876, allows the city
of Athens to subscribe an additional
one hundred thousand dollars to the
capital stock of tbe North-Eastern
railroad- The constitution of 1877 in
hibits any farther subscription by
municipal corporations to railroads,
but not being retroactive, does not
affect the right of Athens to make its'
full subscription to the North-East
ern railroad, ns provided by the acts
of the legislature above cited. It would
ouly take about fifty or seventy-five
thousand dollars to grade the line of
road to Madison and place the cross
ties upon iL Then beyond doubt, the
Richmond aud Danville company
would iron and equip the same.
This amount of additional subscrip
tion could be made by Athens with
out Increasing our present rate of tax
ation one iota. But it may be asked,
bow can this subscription be made to
the building of this line, when the acts
of tbe legislature confines it to the
North-Eastern railroad? Why easy
enough. Let the subscription be
made to the North-Eastern railroad
company, to be supplimented by that
company, on the proposed line be
tween Athens and Madison.
I trust Mr. Editor, you will push
this enterprise, and I am persuaded
that if our business men could be
brought together, and consider well
the value and practicability of this
line, such a meeting would result in
the speedy and successful completion
of one of the most valuable roads that
c^uldtor contributed to our growing
and prosperous city. V jul
Citizen. 1
vided the people of Athens and the. who stood so nobly by me I can never . . ,
intermediatesection of country W| forget. TheImndsome support I *-j
make the connection between Athens
as it did from nearly every section of j vate properly, aud we liave tbe right to
Georgia. The vote I received was
even larger than I expected, having
made hut little exertion toward car-
publish or condemn a* we see tit. bo if
•• Watkinsville” don’t like the way we
measure out -justice he can pour it back
in the jug or continue to vent his wrath
tying delegates, prefering to rest my through the columns of the Monitor or
claims with the convention after it had ! auy other paper that he may select. But
Wool Hat vs. Wool Head.—Du
ring the canvass Mr. Speer made all
kinds of promises to the wool bat boys,
that he failed to fulfill. His friends
now contend that the independent
rooster only made a slight mistake,
and instead of promoting the wool-
hat boys took up the w-ooley-head
boys. Perhaps it was^wnly a. slip of
the tongue after all; but i^s goiug Jb
result in tbe wool-hat mountain demo
crats dropping “ Our Emory” like a
hot brick, an<t leaving him and his
wool-head friends all aloie iu
{dory. * —^ —-.I
their
A Georgia. Cotton Gin.—Messrs,
Childs, Nickerson, AVynn A Co. yester
day showed us one of the Barrett cotton
gins, manufactured in Augusta, for which
they are agent*. It is it handsome piece
of machinery, and embraces all the latest
improvements, Our farmers would do
well to call and engmipeiti J i
Postponed.—The Gregory-Fam-
brougii case, in Peene^hee been post
poned. the defendant showing grounds
for a continuance. ~Itwill betriCd at
the next regular session of court. Ben
ailea long is Icing cut, that will
g water from the foot of Anna Rn
i figures.
Mr. “Pony” Little, of
ago advertised for a
wife, when his petition was replied to
tefapoung lady from South Carolina
At ‘extended correspondence has
taken place, the standard pf both par
ties investigated, and Madam Rumor
atypk sreddingis soon to follow from
this romantic beginning. The young
lady belongs to one of the first families
ifl A^e Palmetto state, and is a vision
of loveliness; while Pony is a first-
class youug man in every respect.
The
cific
urday.
on the Georgia IV
’ Villa RiST Bat-
assembled.”
mot entertain any doubt
success of the nominees
ne ^wfl
“Not a shadow. The convention
was the most harmonious I have ever
witnessed, and all parties accepted
the decisions with the best spirit. This
more than at any other time, for a
number of years, evidences that the
democracy of Georgia begins the fall
campaign with an unbroken front,such
as will undonbtedly drive the last ves
tige of independentism and republi
canism from our borders.”
The Father of Vehicles.—There
is now at the Georgia depot the lar
gest .carrylog ever seen in these parts
Its wheels are 20 feet high, and tbe
weight is 5,000. It was brought from
Qbarlj^ton for the purpose of moving,
Rucker’s cotton compress, and will
be returned as soon as the job is coni-
- -i I
M*r-rrr.—A gentleman tells ns that**
white woman in Athens, with a baby
n#t twjo’weeks old, was sent dowa tojtn
E her husband and made to brtajg iff
ror flour home upon her head. ’The
woman died iu a few days from the ex
ertion. We did not learn the uaote hf
the brute, but our informant is a relia
ble geutleman. -
4- 1 - 9-- **' *
Ou* Bindery.—The DanielsvilleMotf
itur says; We were pleased to inspect
die book-bindery of 'Yancey, Cranford
*WStt, in Athena,' tbe Mpierday, and
find that they can get up at neat a blank
book, ledger, or anything of the kind,
as you can get anywhere. Any of our
citizens wishing to have old books bound
or new ones bound in another style, can
be accomodated by this clever firm, and
the wo^k s^ll jie d^nolu goodft£le and
Gregory is still in jail, having failed a reasonable price.
to give bond. The Famhroughs were TuI Telephone.—Mr.
all out at court."
Cotton Seed.
Geo:
fast buying
oil mill in Augusta. They pay from
•to 10 cents per bushel; and receive 18
cents delivered on board the ears at
nHacaaaafcna
an ure?
Matrimonial AmtAjiATldx a.—Th e
country ia flooded . with .lb
Wotten ins
fcnnVxSi that he dill shortly-begin to
work up telephone lines connecting
Harmony Grove, Jefferson, Lexington
and other neighboring town* with Ath
ens. It will cost about $75 per mile to
build these lines, aud the company will
charge a small rent fer the use of their
wires. Mr. Wotten will construct the
fines by subscription from parties inter
ested. We are very anxious to see this
Quick Work.—A white man in this
city lost his wife sbont one month sgo,
and last week was married to a gay-
young widow.
Tax Evening Star.—After sunset a
remarkably bright aud beautiful star ap
pears in the west. This is Venus, tbe
next planet between the earth and the
sun. It is, of all the planets, the near-
e*t in sue to the earth, and as it rotates
on its hw in about twenty-four hours,
its day is nearly the same length as our
own. AU the planets revolve around
the sun, and the time each requires to
complete ita orbit is called its year. The
earth ia twelve months in making its
jouruev, and all computation* of time
of the paveloliona of all the planets be-,
instated in terrestrial days and years.
Venus, belngwearer tbe sun, describes
an orbit much smaller than the earth’s
and requires only two hundred and
twenty-five days to complete its revolu
tion, so that a year of Venus equals sev
en and one-haM or our months. This
explains why it does not always occupy
tbe some relative position between us
and the sun.
i — * a _
Clara Bell at Coney.
Cineimmati Enquirer.
An effort is being made at Coney-
Island to introduce cork discs, about
afoot in diameter, and fastened to the
hkndf by , Jt is easy to swim
with tjtem. But I saw a disc that
made trouble between a couple. They
were bgthing together. He had ten
derly floated her by placing his hand
under her stomach; he bad jumped
her over the surf by lovingly grasp-
ing her taper waist; be had led her
iuto deep water by clasping both h-r
little hands; and to none of this polite
ig bad she demurred. It was
put disc. ou hi* hands that
relations exploded, ,
a sound somewhere between a !
doll thud and a sharp smack. Made
bold by an hour’s familiarity with the
water, she resolved to take a header
into an incoming wave. Clasping her
amaii hands over her head, she
changed ends with becoming dignity
—her head going into the water and
her feet coining out. At that instant
when she was bent, as ’twere, in mid
tew-of hundreds, the
young man was tempted by the glori-
ous opportunity into-giving her, with
the broad, fiat disc, one resounding
spank.' Mad? Well, it may have
reddened bar
face as she walked right out of the wa-
teTUone, but I guess not, because, ia
my tfphriou, it was the glow of undy
ing hatred for that shameless spank-
mttMt* .*. •.
diets, and circulars are scattered right
want an endowment take off your coat
and go to work. This is a slow but
Bure Wt Ui’i h IMI
Saving Hack Fake;—A number of
the excursionists to TaUplah tells save
hack fare by walking: to fffcfe • hotel
from the jumping-^ place on the
North-Eastern. It is only a mile and
you pasa through som?^»yi#oipantic
scenery, while by hacks the distance
to bs traveled is two and a half miles.
It will be tbe 1st of September before
the trains are running direct to the
The
• invaded Mr.
he had rented from Mr. Hadgjas. (who
KssaaesRatt
•00 bundles for rent of
°tb«r night some (hievus
he had. The police failed to trace
them only.about a quarter-of a mile
ttffkjgarrS.
lost. This seems to ham been a fatal
"SS*- r: sJ;.;iava9
Remember Hadaway’s hsrness oil. It
has no equal. “ -
• A
Shooting in Walton County.
*>!* i«. liJ Iks-
MqecROE, July 26.—A shooting affair
(WWSIM 1 Qutsoff district, in this
poonty, on yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Job Smith, a constable of this coun
ty end a posse, among which was oue
^.fiimmes. The posse laid hold of
iinxmes, aud ln a struggle Simmes’
pistol was fired off or accidentally
went Mf, shooting a bole in Smiths’
Hit Monroe Adams, one of the posse
a-ae he claims, by the order of Smith
—fired a double barrel shot gun at
Simmes while standing In about three
taklRff effhet in, Simmes’ back. Dr.
Batrak "Hfci I jffijeteian attending
bin recovery hardly
as yet.
Saving Freight.
' “Here’s s quarter,” said a wealthy
old miser at the Methodist Church the
other night to the Rev. Samuel Jones,
who wss taking op a collection.
“ThUcoUectfon,” says the Rev. Sam
aopdty, “Is for tbe heathens. You wifi
please hasp the quarter aad—re freight
both Nays.”
“That quarter is still within out corpo
rate limits.—Coojsts Wfrtlg.
by reference to our daily It will be seen
unnecessary to deny the charge that we
failed to publish a correction of “ Re
porter’s .landers.” We have the kind
est feelings toward our friend “ Wat
kinsville,” but then we deny his right
or authority to usurp an entire page in
our paper to answer charges already re
tracted by tiie author and most forcibly
contradicted by another writer equally
a* fluent and niuch mure brief and point
ed than the great and immaculate “Wat
kinsville.” We await with fear and
trembling the second blast from the
mighty pen of this voluminous writer
which he threatens to liurl at our unof
fending head. With his timely warning,
we hope to be able to dodge the extermi
nating missive.
.EGYPT AROUSED.
VOLUNTEERSPOUHING IN TO ARAL
BI’S ASSISTANCE.
Better Classes of Mussulman sncl Kotable*
Adhering to the New Government. Summary
Measures Against Em 1 Rearsle of the Khodlro
The Ladles Organizing.
Alexandria, July 27.—An official
telegram from the rebel government,
dated Cairo, July 26th, says: Arma
ment continue on an extensive scale.
Volunteers are arriving from upper
and lower Egypt. Some chiefs of the
Bedouins who, prior to the bombard
ment were known as partisans of the
khedive, have promised, fidelity and
all the best class of Mussulmans, in
cluding princes and princesses of the
khedive’s family now in Cairo, are
aiding this government. Ladles have
formed committees tor the prepara
tion of lint. Tbe British have been
defeated in two engagements, leaving
forty killed. The Official Gazette pub
lishes a letter from Arabi Pasha,
which declares that any persons found
in possession of the proclamation dis
missing Arabi Pasha from tbe minis
try, circulated by the khedive’s emis
saries, will be court-martialed. The
army will do its duty and defend the
couutry to the last extremity. If the
commercial and political interests of
the powers do not induce them to stop
the British invasion a terrible strug
gle must ensue. Some Italians, Swiss,
Germans and French remain in public
administration and continue to receive
marks of confidence notwithstanding
tbe British intrigues to depopulate
London, July 27.—A dispatch to the
Daily News from Alexandria says
inteilence has been received hero that
Dervisch Pasha, on his arrival at Con
stantinople, stated that after the bom
bardment of Alexandria the English
engaged in various acts of violence
against the inhabitants and pillaged
and burned the town. The Times
correspondent also says the khedive
has ordered a commission of inquiry
into the reports of looting by the En-
lish. General Allison consents that
an investigation be made.
THE POISON OF TOBACCO SMOKE.
London Time*.
A series of experiments have been re-
eently conducted by Herr Kisslmg, of
Bremen, with tiie view of ascertaining
the pro{>ertie8 of nicotine and other poi
sonous substances in the smoke of cigars.
He specifies as strongly poisonous con
stituents cm borne oxide, sulphurated
hydrogen, prussic acid, nicoline bases,
and nicotine. Tbe first three occur,
however, in such small proportions, and
their volatility Is so great, that their
share in the action of tobncoo smoke on
the system may be neglected. The pico-
liue bases, too, are present in compara
tively small quantity, so that tbe poison
ous character of the smoke may be al
most exclusively attributed io tiie huge
proportion of nicotine present.
Only a small part of the nicotine in a
cigar is destroyed by tiie process of
smoking, and a relatively large portioo
passes off with the smoke. The propor
tion of nicotine in the smoke depends
of course, essentially on the kind of to
bacco; but the relative amount of nico
tine which passes from a cigar into
smoke depends chiefly on how far the
cigar has been smoked, as the nicotine
contents of the unamoked part of a cigar
is in inverse ratio to the size of this part,
i. e., more nicotine the shorter the part.
Evidently, in a horning cigar, the slowly
advancing zone of’glow drives before it
the distillable matters, so that In tbe yet
unburat portion a constant accumula
tion of these takes place. H would ap
pear that in the case of cigars that are
poor in nicotine, more of this substance
relatively passes into smoke than in tbe
case of cigar* with much nicotine; also
that nicotine, notwithstanding its high
boiling point, has remarkable volatility.
To the editor of the Sun: The article •
in Sunday’s Sun on “Deadheading a
Science” was of particular interest to
me, as I concluded some time agp‘'time t '*
knew as much about beating railroad
conductors a* can be learned. 1. do not '
mean aa a begger or atrakp, but iiia
gentlemanly way. I was stirred' Into
earning what I could of the ^wisJV'of*''
conductors by the refusal of one' of theih '*
to give me a stop-over check between
Burlington, Vt., and Ylrginnes. The
conductor sneered at my idea of getting
even with the road; but aal was dbfe to
ride from Burlington to Rutland, and
then sell my tickets, I foutid I was
ahead. Those are the only tickets J
have sold, and I now have one of tbe
best collections of railroad tickets in the
United States. I have now before me
over $25 worth of tickets saved' from a '
short trip through the state of Georgia.
There are many commercial men who 1
have collections of tickets, large or
small, according to the amount of terri
tory covered. While on the road I had 1
many an exciting game of cards for co v- ’
eted tickets saved from some especially
alCrt conductor. Most of the tickets are
used sooner or later, bat many of them
go to hackmen, scalpers, and cut-Va’te '
men. ’ ’ “ . ‘
I was showing some tickets once to a*
fellow-traveler at Birmingham, Ala
bama, and his eyes opened in wander. *
He declared that he was never able to
keep a ticket, and be wished me to show
him how to get one. We each got ti'
ticket for Tuscaloosa, and I jokingly re
marked that although he had tbe advan
tage of the inside seat, being a novice,
be would probably have to give tap his
ticket, while I should keep mine. Soon
after starting the conductor came along
transfixing each passenger with his
eagle eye. When he reached our seat he
cast a sharp glance at each, leaned over
me, took my friend’s ticket, punched it,
took a look at the next passenger, aud
passed on. This was too much for my
friend, and, with something like admi
ration in his eyes, he said: “ Well, you
beat the devil!” “ No,” I said, “ I only
beat the conductor.” Then he langhed
and asked for an explanation. I ex
plained in this way:
“When the conductor came in yon lie-
came uneasy; as he approached yon be
came nervous, and when lie got opposite
you actually turned away. When he
came in I took no notice, as he apptoarh-
ed I glanced at him, and when he got
opposite I looked him full in tiie eye.
Then he knew he had my ticket, but did
not have yours. If he hsd asked me for
my ticket I should have handed it to
him, but I took tiie chance of his not
asking, which usually happens, except -
on a few special roads, at terminal points,
and on trains of a single car. At termi
nal points buy a ticket to or at way sta
tions. If the most of the passengers are
long-distance travelers, and have their
tickets in their hats, take vonrs off, and
placing it where the hat, but not the
ticket, can be seen, settle to your read
ing as if you intended to travel this way
for hours. By this simple device 1 have
travelled hundreds of miles. I once
fonnd in a hotel a slip such as some con
ductors use. It was burned a little from
being used to light a cigar, bat I pat it
in my pocket, and months afterward in
toy hat on finding myself on the right
road, and rode through the state, saving
the ticket which 1 had bought. There
are a hundred nr more little devices
which suggest themselves, but after all
the grand point is to step across the
track as the train comes in and get In on
the side where the conductor does not
stand, for yon notice that be is always
the fiist one off the train and fixes every
face as tbe passengers get on. In this
way one can travel at least three-quar
ters of his entire distance, and save the
tickets, which are good until punched,
and which make a very unique and val
uable collection. But, then, on the other
hand, of course it is very wicked to de
fraud railroad corporations, and such a
collection might be ont of place any
where but in tbe smoking room.” •'
My friend thanked me for the points
in a kind of doubtful way, and said be
would try his hand next trip, and asked
me to allow him to check his express
baggage in my name. We parted at
Tuscaloosa, however, and 1 have not
seen him since; but I doubt very much
if his collection up to the present time
would fill a very large book. ■ ■ ~ v
New York, July 10. Drummer.
Colonel Fisher, the tether of “Chris
tian Reid,” (Miss Frances C. Fisher, of
Salisbuay, N. C.) the nov^ltst, was the
first man killed at Ball Run.
The police cf Minneapolis are very as
tute fellows. Two of them dragged a
supposed drunken man tor several Mocks
only to find when they got him to tin
lock-up that he was dead.
HOW ETHELBERT AND MYRTLE
Cams naar BtaaUor tbslr SwaaS Ltvaa.
Ctitrage Tribvnr.
“1 do not believe you.”
Ethelbert McGuire winced as Myrtle
Hathaway spoke these words—cruel,
bitter words, that seemed to sear his wry
soul as he stood there in the gloaming,
the time of silence and shadows. Tbe
swallows were twitting among the
leaves in their noisy way, the ice cream
liars were casting their balefnl light
across the broad thoroughfare from
which the rattle, the roar and crash of
life in a great city had bnt just departed.
“Yon cannot mean it. Myrtle,’’ the
young man says, his voice choked with
emotion. “You surely cannot doubt my
word—the word of one to whom yon
have plighted year troth and ht whose
life your future is bound np. - v
“But I do mean it,” replies the girl,
“although God knows my life would be
brighter, better, happier, were if not so.
I have loved you with a strong,‘country-
butter-love that has become a part of my
very existence. And it 1s wheri Y'bave
taught my heart to beat responsive to
your ever-word, when I nave coma to
believe yon with all the passionate trust
fulness of a woman's nattire,''thsfytm
come to me, and here, on this beautiful
Jane evening, when the heavens are
panoplied with stars, and the air'is bal
my with the perfume .of roses, you say
to me that you have never bet oh a horse
race—yon tell me this solemnly and ear
nestly, knowing that my wry heart will
not let me judge harshly any action of
yours. No, Ethelbert, I love yott with a
maddening, ninety-days-or-ten-per-cent-
off-for-casb trust that is beyond compare
but 1 cannot let yoti "abuse that tritst. I
am but a girl—a sensitive,' passionate,
one-bustle-and-a-four-dofiar-bang ' girl,
but I am not a chump”—and sucking
her chewing gum oh the door pofti, Myr
tle turned to enter the parlor.
“But I swear it,” exclaimed ^JCthel-
bert, “I swear to you that ^ would not
bet four dollars against ten that Maud
S., could beat three minutes.”, /
“You would not?” asked tbegiti-
“No,” was Ethelbert’a reply. "I
would not bet ou anything.” . /lt }1 ,
. "Then,” aaidthegifL.apeakingflow-
ly,and with grave teaderne**,. “yquhad
better head for the gate. I ran never
place my happiness and charges for
spring bon nett in the hand* oil .«man
who would let as sure a thing fifths! get
•way.” . • -i.il/. IraRVAt’
Russia has the model liquor .Unr;
Only one rum shop la allowed In a
village, and the dealer, wbo is app oint
ed by the government is liablfc to dis
missal, fine and Imprisonment; if be
allows any one to HMoiiie drank; 1